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1: BLESSED (HAPPY, fortunate, to be envied) are the undefiled (the upright, truly sincere, and blameless) in the way [of the revealed will of God], who walk (order their conduct and conversation) in the law of the Lord (the whole of God's revealed will).
2: Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are they who keep His testimonies, and who seek, inquire for and of Him and crave Him with the whole heart.
3: Yes, they do no unrighteousness [no willful wandering from His precepts]; they walk in His ways. [I John 3:9; 5:18.]
4: You have commanded us to keep Your precepts, that we should observe them diligently.
5: Oh, that my ways were directed and established to observe Your statutes [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]!
6: Then shall I not be put to shame [by failing to inherit Your promises] when I have respect to all Your commandments.
7: I will praise and give thanks to You with uprightness of heart when I learn [by sanctified experiences] Your righteous judgments [Your decisions against and punishments for particular lines of thought and conduct].
8: I will keep Your statutes; O forsake me not utterly.
9: How shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed and keeping watch [on himself] according to Your word [conforming his life to it].
10: With my whole heart have I sought You, inquiring for and of You and yearning for You; Oh, let me not wander or step aside [either in ignorance or willfully] from Your commandments. [II Chron. 15:15.]
11: Your word have I laid up in my heart, that I might not sin against You.
12: Blessed are You, O Lord; teach me Your statutes.
13: With my lips have I declared and recounted all the ordinances of Your mouth.
14: I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies as much as in all riches.
15: I will meditate on Your precepts and have respect to Your ways [the paths of life marked out by Your law]. [Ps. 104:34.]
16: I will delight myself in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
17: Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live; and I will observe Your word [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it]. [Ps. 119:97-101.]
18: Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Your law.
19: I am a stranger and a temporary resident on the earth; hide not Your commandments from me. [Gen. 47:9; I Chron. 29:15; Ps. 39:12; II Cor. 5:6; Heb. 11:13.]
20: My heart is breaking with the longing that it has for Your ordinances and judgments at all times.
21: You rebuke the proud and arrogant, the accursed ones, who err and wander from Your commandments.
22: Take away from me reproach and contempt, for I keep Your testimonies.
23: Princes also sat and talked against me, but Your servant meditated on Your statutes.
24: Your testimonies also are my delight and my counselors.
25: My earthly life cleaves to the dust; revive and stimulate me according to Your word! [Ps. 143:11.]
26: I have declared my ways and opened my griefs to You, and You listened to me; teach me Your statutes.
27: Make me understand the way of Your precepts; so shall I meditate on and talk of Your wondrous works. [Ps. 145:5, 6.]
28: My life dissolves and weeps itself away for heaviness; raise me up and strengthen me according to [the promises of] Your word.
29: Remove from me the way of falsehood and unfaithfulness [to You], and graciously impart Your law to me.
30: I have chosen the way of truth and faithfulness; Your ordinances have I set before me.
31: I cleave to Your testimonies; O Lord, put me not to shame!
32: I will [not merely walk, but] run the way of Your commandments, when You give me a heart that is willing.
33: Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep it to the end [steadfastly].
34: Give me understanding, that I may keep Your law; yes, I will observe it with my whole heart. [Prov. 2:6; James 1:5.]
35: Make me go in the path of Your commandments, for in them do I delight.
36: Incline my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetousness (robbery, sensuality, unworthy riches). [Ezek. 33:31; Mark 7:21, 22; I Tim. 6:10; Heb. 13:5.]
37: Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity (idols and idolatry); and restore me to vigorous life and health in Your ways.
38: Establish Your word and confirm Your promise to Your servant, which is for those who reverently fear and devotedly worship You. [Deut. 10:12; Ps. 96:9.]
39: Turn away my reproach which I fear and dread, for Your ordinances are good.
40: Behold, I long for Your precepts; in Your righteousness give me renewed life.
41: Let Your mercy and loving-kindness come also to me, O Lord, even Your salvation according to Your promise;
42: Then shall I have an answer for those who taunt and reproach me, for I lean on, rely on, and trust in Your word.
43: And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, for I hope in Your ordinances.
44: I will keep Your law continually, forever and ever [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it].
45: And I will walk at liberty and at ease, for I have sought and inquired for [and desperately required] Your precepts.
46: I will speak of Your testimonies also before kings and will not be put to shame. [Ps. 138:1; Matt. 10:18, 19; Acts 26:1, 2.]
47: For I will delight myself in Your commandments, which I love.
48: My hands also will I lift up [in fervent supplication] to Your commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on Your statutes.
49: Remember [fervently] the word and promise to Your servant, in which You have caused me to hope.
50: This is my comfort and consolation in my affliction: that Your word has revived me and given me life. [Rom. 15:4.]
51: The proud have had me greatly in derision, yet have I not declined in my interest in or turned aside from Your law.
52: When I have [earnestly] recalled Your ordinances from of old, O Lord, I have taken comfort.
53: Burning indignation, terror, and sadness seize upon me because of the wicked, who forsake Your law.
54: Your statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
55: I have [earnestly] remembered Your name, O Lord, in the night, and I have observed Your law.
56: This I have had [as the gift of Your grace and as my reward]: that I have kept Your precepts [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them].
57: You are my portion, O Lord; I have promised to keep Your words.
58: I entreated Your favor with my whole heart; be merciful and gracious to me according to Your promise.
59: I considered my ways; I turned my feet to [obey] Your testimonies.
60: I made haste and delayed not to keep Your commandments.
61: Though the cords of the wicked have enclosed and ensnared me, I have not forgotten Your law.
62: At midnight I will rise to give thanks to You because of Your righteous ordinances.
63: I am a companion of all those who fear, revere, and worship You, and of those who observe and give heed to Your precepts.
64: The earth, O Lord, is full of Your mercy and loving-kindness; teach me Your statutes.
65: You have dealt well with Your servant, O Lord, according to Your promise.
66: Teach me good judgment, wise and right discernment, and knowledge, for I have believed (trusted, relied on, and clung to) Your commandments.
67: Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now Your word do I keep [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it].
68: You are good and kind and do good; teach me Your statutes.
69: The arrogant and godless have put together a lie against me, but I will keep Your precepts with my whole heart.
70: Their hearts are as fat as grease [their minds are dull and brutal], but I delight in Your law.
71: It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
72: The law from Your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces.
73: Your hands have made me, cunningly fashioned and established me; give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments.
74: Those who reverently and worshipfully fear You will see me and be glad, because I have hoped in Your word and tarried for it.
75: I know, O Lord, that Your judgments are right and righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me. [Heb. 12:10.]
76: Let, I pray You, Your merciful kindness and steadfast love be for my comfort, according to Your promise to Your servant.
77: Let Your tender mercy and loving-kindness come to me that I may live, for Your law is my delight!
78: Let the proud be put to shame, for they dealt perversely with me without a cause; but I will meditate on Your precepts.
79: Let those who reverently and worshipfully fear You turn to me, and those who have known Your testimonies.
80: Let my heart be sound (sincere and wholehearted and blameless) in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.
81: My soul languishes and grows faint for Your salvation, but I hope in Your word.
82: My eyes fail, watching for [the fulfillment of] Your promise. I say, When will You comfort me?
83: For I have become like a bottle [a wineskin blackened and shriveled] in the smoke [in which it hangs], yet do I not forget Your statutes.
84: How many are the days of Your servant [which he must endure]? When will You judge those who pursue and persecute me? [Rev. 6:10.]
85: The godless and arrogant have dug pitfalls for me, men who do not conform to Your law.
86: All Your commandments are faithful and sure. [The godless] pursue and persecute me with falsehood; help me [Lord]!
87: They had almost consumed me upon earth, but I forsook not Your precepts.
88: According to Your steadfast love give life to me; then I will keep the testimony of Your mouth [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it].
89: Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven [stands firm as the heavens]. [Ps. 89:2; Matt. 24:34, 35; I Pet. 1:25.]
90: Your faithfulness is from generation to generation; You have established the earth, and it stands fast.
91: All [the whole universe] are Your servants; therefore they continue this day according to Your ordinances. [Jer. 33:25.]
92: Unless Your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.
93: I will never forget Your precepts, [how can I?] for it is by them You have quickened me (granted me life).
94: I am Yours, therefore save me [Your own]; for I have sought (inquired of and for) Your precepts and required them [as my urgent need]. [Ps. 42:1.]
95: The wicked wait for me to destroy me, but I will consider Your testimonies.
96: I have seen that everything [human] has its limits and end [no matter how extensive, noble, and excellent]; but Your commandment is exceedingly broad and extends without limits [into eternity]. [Rom. 3:10-19.]
97: Oh, how love I Your law! It is my meditation all the day. [Ps. 1:2.]
98: You, through Your commandments, make me wiser than my enemies, for [Your words] are ever before me.
99: I have better understanding and deeper insight than all my teachers, because Your testimonies are my meditation. [II Tim. 3:15.]
100: I understand more than the aged, because I keep Your precepts [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them].
101: I have restrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep Your word [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it]. [Prov. 1:15.]
102: I have not turned aside from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me.
103: How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! [Ps. 19:10; Prov. 8:11.]
104: Through Your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.
105: Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. [Prov. 6:23.]
106: I have sworn [an oath] and have confirmed it, that I will keep Your righteous ordinances [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]. [Neh. 10:29.]
107: I am sorely afflicted; renew and quicken me [give me life], O Lord, according to Your word!
108: Accept, I beseech You, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord, and teach me Your ordinances. [Hos. 14:2; Heb. 13:15.]
109: My life is continually in my hand, yet I do not forget Your law.
110: The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I do not stray from Your precepts.
111: Your testimonies have I taken as a heritage forever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart. [Deut. 33:4.]
112: I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes forever, even to the end.
113: I hate the thoughts of undecided [in religion], double-minded people, but Your law do I love.
114: You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in Your word. [Ps. 32:7; 91:1.]
115: Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]. [Ps. 6:8; 139:19; Matt. 7:23.]
116: Uphold me according to Your promise, that I may live; and let me not be put to shame in my hope! [Ps. 25:2; Rom. 5:5; 9:33; 10:11.]
117: Hold me up, that I may be safe and have regard for Your statutes continually!
118: You spurn and set at nought all those who stray from Your statutes, for their own lying deceives them and their tricks are in vain.
119: You put away and count as dross all the wicked of the earth [for there is no true metal in them]; therefore I love Your testimonies.
120: My flesh trembles and shudders for fear and reverential, worshipful awe of You, and I am afraid and in dread of Your judgments.
121: I have done justice and righteousness; leave me not to those who would oppress me.
122: Be surety for Your servant for good [as Judah was surety for the safety of Benjamin]; let not the proud oppress me. [Gen. 43:9.]
123: My eyes fail, watching for Your salvation and for the fulfillment of Your righteous promise.
124: Deal with Your servant according to Your mercy and loving-kindness, and teach me Your statutes.
125: I am Your servant; give me understanding (discernment and comprehension), that I may know (discern and be familiar with the character of) Your testimonies.
126: It is time for the Lord to act; they have frustrated Your law.
127: Therefore I love Your commandments more than [resplendent] gold, yes, more than [perfectly] refined gold.
128: Therefore I esteem as right all, yes, all Your precepts; I hate every false way.
129: Your testimonies are wonderful [far exceeding anything conceived by man]; therefore my [penitent] self keeps them [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them].
130: The entrance and unfolding of Your words give light; their unfolding gives understanding (discernment and comprehension) to the simple.
131: I opened my mouth and panted [with eager desire], for I longed for Your commandments.
132: Look upon me, be merciful unto me, and show me favor, as is Your way to those who love Your name.
133: Establish my steps and direct them by [means of] Your word; let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
134: Deliver me from the oppression of man; so will I keep Your precepts [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]. [Luke 1:74.]
135: Make Your face shine [with pleasure] upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes. [Ps. 4:6.]
136: Streams of water run down my eyes, because men do not keep Your law [they hear it not, nor receive it, love it, or obey it].
137: [Rigidly] righteous are You, O Lord, and upright are Your judgments and all expressions of Your will.
138: You have commanded and appointed Your testimonies in righteousness and in great faithfulness.
139: My zeal has consumed me and cut me off, because my adversaries have forgotten Your words.
140: Your word is very pure (tried and well refined); therefore Your servant loves it.
141: I am small (insignificant) and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts.
142: Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and Your law is truth. [Ps. 19:9; John 17:17.]
143: Trouble and anguish have found and taken hold on me, yet Your commandments are my delight.
144: Your righteous testimonies are everlasting and Your decrees are binding to eternity; give me understanding and I shall live [give me discernment and comprehension and I shall not die].
145: I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord; I will keep Your statutes [I will hear, receive, love, and obey them].
146: I cried to You; save me, that I may keep Your testimonies [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them].
147: I anticipated the dawning of the morning and cried [in childlike prayer]; I hoped in Your word.
148: My eyes anticipate the night watches and I am awake before the cry of the watchman, that I may meditate on Your word.
149: Hear my voice according to Your steadfast love; O Lord, quicken me and give me life according to Your [righteous] decrees.
150: They draw near who follow after wrong thinking and persecute me with wickedness; they are far from Your law.
151: You are near, O Lord [nearer to me than my foes], and all Your commandments are truth.
152: Of old have I known Your testimonies, and for a long time, [therefore it is a thoroughly established conviction] that You have founded them forever. [Luke 21:33.]
153: Consider my affliction and deliver me, for I do not forget Your law.
154: Plead my cause and redeem me; revive me and give me life according to Your word.
155: Salvation is far from the wicked, for they seek not nor hunger for Your statutes.
156: Great are Your tender mercy and loving-kindness, O Lord; give me life according to Your ordinances.
157: Many are my persecutors and my adversaries, yet I do not swerve from Your testimonies.
158: I behold the treacherous and am grieved and loathe them, because they do not respect Your law [neither hearing, receiving, loving, nor obeying it].
159: Consider how I love Your precepts; revive me and give life to me, O Lord, according to Your loving-kindness!
160: The sum of Your word is truth [the total of the full meaning of all Your individual precepts]; and every one of Your righteous decrees endures forever.
161: Princes pursue and persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of Your words [dreading violation of them far more than the force of prince or potentate]. [I Sam. 24:11, 14; 26:18.]
162: I rejoice at Your word as one who finds great spoil.
163: I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law do I love.
164: Seven times a day and all day long do I praise You because of Your righteous decrees.
165: Great peace have they who love Your law; nothing shall offend them or make them stumble. [Prov. 3:2; Isa. 32:17.]
166: I am hoping and waiting [eagerly] for Your salvation, O Lord, and I do Your commandments. [Gen. 49:18.]
167: Your testimonies have I kept [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]; I love them exceedingly!
168: I have observed Your precepts and Your testimonies, for all my ways are [fully known] before You.
169: Let my mournful cry and supplication come [near] before You, O Lord; give me understanding (discernment and comprehension) according to Your word [of assurance and promise].
170: Let my supplication come before You; deliver me according to Your word!
171: My lips shall pour forth praise [with thanksgiving and renewed trust] when You teach me Your statutes.
172: My tongue shall sing [praise for the fulfillment] of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous.
173: Let Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts.
174: I have longed for Your salvation, O Lord, and Your law is my delight.
175: Let me live that I may praise You, and let Your decrees help me.
176: I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek, inquire for, and demand Your servant, for I do not forget Your commandments. [Isa. 53:6; Luke 15:4; I Pet. 2:25.]

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